Simon & Luke Collects Ground Beef E. coli Settlements The E. coli lawyers at Simon & Luke today announced that they have collected settlements on behalf of 2 California residents who had become ill from E. coli 0157:H7 after consuming contaminated beef manufactured by JBS Swift of Greeley, Colorado.  Both clients had filed lawsuits against [...]

Deadly E. coli Outbreak First Ever for Strawberries Oregon’s Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Division has listed over fifty locations where tainted strawberries were sold to the public.  The outbreak has sickened at least 16 people, hospitalizing at least 7, and caused the death of one woman.  The decedent was identified as an “elderly woman” [...]

Deer Feces Likely Cause of Strawberry E. coli Outbreak in Oregon On Thursday, Oregon state public health officials made an announcement indicating that they had made substantial headway in determining the origin of the E. coli that contaminated strawberries at a mid-size strawberry producer.  Epidemiologists collected more than 100 samples of soil, deer droppings, plant [...]

Deer Investigated as Potential Source in Oregon E. coli Strawberry Outbreak Yesterday, an Oregon outbreak involving 16 confirmed cases of E. coli was linked to strawberries. The initial source of the bacteria may have been contaminated deer feces, according to Dr. Paul Cieslak of the Oregon Public Health Department.  In a statement made today, Cieslak [...]

Simon & Luke files E. coli Lawsuit in California The E. coli lawyers at Simon & Luke have filed an E. coli lawsuit against JBS Swift Beef Company (“JBS Swift”). The suit was filed on behalf of a 44 year old Stacey Barenchi, a California resident who contracted E. coli O157:H7 after consuming contaminated ground [...]

“Privacy” Concerns Almost Prevent Public From Knowing About Jason’s Deli E. coli Outbreak In the recent Jason’s Deli E. coli outbreak in Killeen, Texas, health officials initially refused to provide a copy of its investigation that identified the source of the E. coli poisoning. The officials claimed that State law protects the entities under investigation, [...]

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to collaborate with public health officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to a popular lunch and snack meat. Investigators are using DNA analysis of [...]

Palmyra Bologna Company of Palmyra, PA. has released a distribution list which outlines all outlets to which its contaminated bologna was shipped. The bologna is now the center of a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened 14 victims in 5 states.  These include Maryland (3 cases); New Jersey (2 cases); North Carolina [...]

State and Federal Agencies Begin Detailed Investigation of E.coli O157:H7 Outbreak As of March 22, 2011, at least five states have been impacted by the outbreak of E. coli O157:H7.  These include Maryland (3 cases); New Jersey (2 cases); North Carolina (1 case); Ohio (2 cases); and Pennsylvania (6 cases).  The onset dates range from [...]

Lebanon Bologna Linked to 14 Illnesses in 5 States The CDC is now collaborating with public health officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections linked to the consumption of Lebanon bologna manufactured by Palmyra Bologna Company [...]